If you're losing the battle against a persistent bad habit, an addiction, or a temptation, and you're stuck in a repeating cycle of good intention-failure-guilt, you will not get better on your own. You need the help of other people. Some temptations are only overcome with the help of a partner who prays for you, encourages you, and holds you accountable.

Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.

You don't bring glory or pleasure to God by hiding your abilities or by trying to be someone else. You only bring him enjoyment by being you.

Satan doesn't mind you using your strengths, so long as you do it for personal benefits.

The love of Jesus Christ covers your sins, and it also gives you the power to let other people off the hook. You've been forgiven, and you can forgive others.

We're not completely happy here because we're not supposed to be!

If others don't use their gifts, you get cheated, and if you don;t use your gifts, they get cheated.